Pinoy Meets World

Happy Mother's Day from Denver, CO! My friend Britt from Tampa flew in to join me on my journey for all 30 ballparks in 2017. We got to the ballpark very early for a noon game. While waiting outside of the media gate, we were able to meet Orel Hershiser, who was more than willing to sign and take pictures with 6 people waiting. Great guy. Britt is friends with Rockies pitcher, Jake McGee who left tickets for us. Bad news when we got there is that player will call ticket

The day was awesome, my friends Mark and Will came to the game with me. We got there around 1:00pm for a ballpark tour that Tour Manager Billie Ball saved for the three of us. When we arrived though, our name wasn't on the list. They had to go find Ms. Ball to confirm. The tour was awesome. We got to go dugout, press box, media room, and watch the Rangers warm-up and hit batting practice. Once the gates opened to the public we decided to walk around the stadium as it fi

My May trips started with Houston. My old roommate from Daytona Beach, Mark, offered up his place to stay and in return I got us tickets to the game. Parking was between $15-25. Tried getting autographs pre-game but no luck. We went early and met up with fellow Ballpark Stampeders David and Cindy Cantu. They had 2 extra tickets in the lower level and offered for us to sit with them. We sat in Section 127, Row 10. Awesome seats! After talking for 5 innings, David and C

I took the 30 minute flight from Boston back to New York City. My sister and brother-in-law made it into town, so I decided to take the day off of work. My sister had to work, but my brother-in-law, Matt decided that to go to the game with me. The Yankees generously gave me a ticket to the game for free. Clifford Davis of the Yankees told me to go to the Will Call and show my ID. To my surprise, I was given a ticket in the Delta 360 suite. Matt wanted to sit next to me,

Surprisingly, it was cheaper to fly to Boston from New York City than taking the train! So I took the 30 minute flight from Laguardia to Boston and racked up some more Delta miles. From the airport I took an Uber to the AirBNB I was staying that night. After my DC experience with AirBNB, I was kind of timid of what this was going to be like as there were 6 people sharing this house this time. I arrived and it wasn't as bad as I had thought. I got settled in quickly and w

Fourth ballpark in 5 days. Definitely starting to log in some miles here. My friend Weston in Philadelphia dropped me off at the train station in the morning to catch 2+ hour train from Philadelphia to Penn Station, New York. Being as expensive as NYC was, I decided to use my Marriott points and stay near Bryant Park (which is by the way, my favorite park in the WORLD). I checked into my hotel early and went to the ballpark early to take some photos. They don't allow sel

Headed for the 3rd ballpark in 4 days, I left Baltimore in the afternoon after doing some sightseeing around town. I took an Uber to the train station then took the 1.5 hour train ride from Baltimore to Philadelphia. I had been to this stadium before, but first time in 7+ years. The Philadelphia Phillies had sent me 3 free tickets to the game. I decided to bring my friend Weston and his friends to the game. Weston graciously let me stay at his place for the night. I arr

Woke up early to leave Washington, D.C. for Baltimore. I took an Uber to Union Station from my AirBNB and took Amtrack over to Baltimore. It was only about a 40 minute train ride. I got to Baltimore before work started and was able to check into the Marriott Harbour Place in time to log in for work. The Baltimore Orioles gave me free ballpark tour tickets so during my lunch break I made sure to head over to get a behind the scenes look at the ballpark. Everyone told m

My quest for all 30 baseball parks started in Washington, D.C. and from the start it was threatened by rain. I decided to come in a day earlier than expected just so I could get in the April 5th game in, as the April 6th game was threatening to be a rain-out. Unfortunately, I didn't account for rain-outs in my schedule and I didn't want Game 1 of the quest for 30 starting out like that. So I made sure I made it in to see it. I flew into Reagan National Airport, and it was